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Are the police corrupt?

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Introductory Level Updated 22 Jan 2013
What moral lines are police officers willing to cross? A recent survey by Dr Louise Westmarland explores just this question

Can a past failure count against a future contract bid?

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Introductory Level Duration 5 mins Updated 21 Sep 2012
In the light of G4S’s failure to delivery sufficient security staff for the Olympics, does the law allow past performance to be taken into account...

Our Crime: Fast and furious

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Our Crime: Fast and furious
Introductory Level Duration 15 mins Updated 12 Apr 2012
Are joyriding youths showing a form of high-performance masculinity? Share your views right here.

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Development: context and practice

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Masters Level Duration 300 hours Updated 26 Apr 2013 Register by 30 Sep 2013
This course explores the context in which development practice takes place and encourages you think ‘outside the box’ to consider development activities from new perspectives.This...

Exploring the boundaries of international law

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Masters Level Duration 300 hours Updated 19 Apr 2013 Register by 17 Apr 2014
This course examines the complexities of twenty-first century international law by exploring the evolving role and function of international law in the modern world.To register...

Capacities for managing development

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Masters Level Duration 300 hours Updated 14 Apr 2013 Register by 30 Sep 2013
This course provides development practitioners with a conceptual framework for analysing development management practice; and develops skills and capacities for analytical thinking and strategic action.This...